Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-05-14

patent commentator business which is now
running in Grass Valley.
II is reported that there will be no Fair
at Greenfield this year. Great preparations
are being made for the Wabuska Fair, and
it will doubtless be a grand success.
Henry Woods, Secretary Of the Lyon
County Agricultural Association, and one Of
Mason Valleys beloved sons, was a passen.
ger on Thursdays train bound for Carson
The different lodges OF the town have sub
scribed IS each for the purpose Of putting
the cemetery In good condition. Mr.. Welk
Lothrop is now employed in doing the work
The Bodie Miner has been reduced to a
four column sheet. 1t is evident that Bodie
is going down. She once supported two
good papers, but now has only one small
one.
Read the windmill advertisement of the
Pacific Manufacturing Company on the op.
posite page, and IL you want mill buy the
"Cyclone. 1t will do all the manufactur.
ers claim for it.
A drunken Piute was creating some ex
element on Main street Tuesday afternoon
He was put in the cooler for q tew hours to
sober off,. He said he was given the whisky
by some parties in Silver City.
Nose Purcell. of Mason Valley, was in
towv q 4 av ar .,vo ~. 6 90. 81 .I,;. -..L A.
Purcell has leased the hotel and saloon own
ed by Mrs. Laura Written at Greenfield, and
will open up business in grand style about
the first OF next month.
A. B. McRae, who recently purchased the
Mills ranch in Mason Valley, and who is en-.
gagged in raising fine horses, was passenger
on last Thursdays train bound for California.
Mr.. McRae is the ewner Of the stallion Collier.
and will bring him from California shortly to
stand in the Valley.
Tom Wheeler, of Reno, formerly of Pine
Grove, and the locator of the Wheeler mine
at that place. was in town Thursday on his
way to Mason Whitley to look after some oil
his mining interests near the Reservation
Fifteen years ago Wheeler sold his interest
in his Pine Grove mine for 5000
II. NJ. Yerington has shipped to the Doug
lass mill so tons OF tailings from dfferen,
places for the purpose Of having test runs,
and IL satisfactory results are obtained, will
be the cause Of the erection OF one or more
tailings mills. These mills it is needless to
mention are to be supplied with the electric
system when completed.
Station agent Coffin while living at the
Mound House had pet cat that his family
thought very much Of. Upon moving tc
Dayton the cat was brought along, but il
got away soon after arriving here, and in two
hours was back at its former home at the
Mound House. The feline was brought to
its new home again yesterday.
Sheriff Donovan. of Storey county, was in
town the first of the week looking after Pat
Connolly, who shot Con. Sullivan through
the neck in Fit.patrick's boarding house q
couple of weeks ago. Connolly shot the
wrong man, but did not kill him, and Al
first Sullivan refused to prosecute, but now
his friends have convinced him that it is the
proper thing to do. The shooter is proba
bly, out Of the country by this time.
Judge VIM. Seawell was in town the FIRST
Of this week, but returned to San Francisco
Wednesday evening. He has sold most Of
his mining property in Aurora to the English
Company. This company expended abou,
$roo, 900 on its property before Winter pre-
vented operations, and operations will again
shortly be resumed. The Judge has a man
of means interested with him in the Antelope
mine and extensive operations will soon be
begun on that claim.
w. T. Cuddy. of Silver City, will leave
next Monday for visit to his home in Wis
consin. It is long time since he left there,
and he will doubtless enjoy the visit. Mr.
Cuddy is one of Silver City's prosperous
young store-keepers, and rumor has it that
upon his return to sageland he will bring
with him one Of the badger States fairies,
daughters as BRIDE. w. T. was in town
last Wednesday shaking hands and bidding
goodbye to all his friends. May his trip be
q pleasant one.
Prof. J. S. Brooks, o. London, England.
paid Dayton visit on Friday last, expressly
for the purpose Of examining The electric
system as working in the Douglass mill
Mr.. Brooks Is thorough metallurgist, no,
only in theory but in practice, having been
assayer for the Bodie Tunnel Company in it,
palmy days.. He has been examining mines
in North Carolina and Mexico in the interest
of English capitalists and is on his way back
and mnst be in New York in time for his
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